here is abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom. >> reporter: when mike teaches math, technology is everywhere. it's how he collects the homework. >> mega, ashley. >> and goes over the trouble spot. >> twelve to the second power equals -- >> take a rubber stylus and ipad and add power play, it's a classroom full of kids paying attention. >> the kids love it. you can just see their eyes just open when they see the technology on the big screen. >> it's the new face of education for a new generation of learners. >> these kids are digital natives and this is their world. they were completely engaged in the math class. >> but never mind the ipads and fancy projection screen. it's one you cannot see, the school has a blazingly-fast internet connection. that's a luxury that half the schools still don't have that. >> the typical school in america has the same internet access of typical home, but they have 500 or in the case of this school over 800 kids trying to use that bandwidth. >> evan is the head of the internet highway. they just received $9 million from microsoft founder bill gates and facebook